The Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) is a legislative program that was authorized in Fixing America's Surface Transportation Act (or "FAST Act"), the federal transportation act that was signed into law on December 4, 2015. With certain exceptions, projects that met eligibility criteria for the
Safe Routes to School Program,
Transportation Enhancements, and/or the
Bicycle & Pedestrian Facilities Program are eligible TAP projects.
All TAP projects require sponsors to pay 20% of approved projects costs. TAP projects are capped. A TAP project may not be substituted for another project. TAP projects must commence within four years of the award date.
TAP projects within the
jurisdiction of a Transportation Management Area (TMA) are selected at the regional level by TMAs, which are metropolitan planning organizations with a population over 200,000. TMA contact information is provided below.
TAP Applications for the 2023-2026 Program Cycle are due Friday, March 24, 2023.
2023-2026 Transportation Alternative Program
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Previous BIL Solicitations
Federal Fiscal Year (FFY) 2022-2023 TAP Supplemental Solicitation
In this Supplemental 2022-2023 TAP program solicitation, eligible applications are limited to non-infrastructure Safe Routes to School (SRTS) programming projects or non-infrastructure planning studies (including SRTS planning). Applications for this solicitation were due Friday, June 3, 2022.
Previous TAP awards
Change Management
Sponsor’s Guide and training requirements
The
Sponsor’s Guide to Non-Traditional Transportation Project Implementation (Sponsor’s Guide) provides information and instructions to Sponsors to help them successfully develop locally let federally funded transportation projects in accordance with Federal and State laws and regulations.
Sponsors of non-infrastructure and/or planning projects should note that some of the Sponsor’s Guide will not apply to non-infrastructure activities.
The Sponsor must become familiar with the Sponsor’s Guide so that they understand the responsibilities they are accepting when applying for the benefit of using Federal Funding. Beginning with projects awarded in 2010, Sponsors constructing locally let projects must attend a one-day training session. The training session instructs Sponsors on the local letting process and results in certification to administer and deliver these projects.
The Sponsor's Guide, Certification form and additional resources are available at the link below.
Regional local program contacts
Please direct TAP questions to the appropriate WisDOT contact person listed below.
Southwest Region
Michael Erickson
michael.erickson@dot.wi.gov
Phone: (608) 246-5361
Fax: (608) 246-3819
Southeast Region
Jacob Varnes
jacob.varnes@dot.wi.gov
Phone: (262) 548-8789
Fax: (262) 521-4425
- TMA Contact:
Ryan Hoel
Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission
rhoel@sewrpc.org
Northeast Region
Kelsey Lorenz
kelsey.lorenz@dot.wi.govPhone: (920) 492-0142